Göksin will be for all of us the sun of our early years. This sentence is from Alain Mingan, he knew and worked for the three mystical French Photo agencies…
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How many memories disappear with him ? It is a whole part of photographic history that disappears. It is sad, very sad. The sound of coins for the coffee machine…
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It’s difficult not to feel deeply moved by the passing of Göksin Sipahioglu, founder of SIPA Press and one of photojournalism’s great adventurers. Others called him “Sipa” but his photographers,…
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Every day for more than thirty years I passed by your office on my way home to say, “Goodbye, Göksin.” Your office was the heart of SIPA. We spent three-quarters…
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A friend had advised to have the films I had shot in Koweit processed in the new E6 lab of Sipa press in the Rue Roquepinne in Paris…
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On Wednesday morning, photography became an orphan. Göksin Sipahioglu passed away at the American Hospital in Neuilly. He was an explorer, mentor, the ‘papa’ of photography, friend, and adviser to…
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Göksin was fascinated by the May 68 events and covered them all, day by day, hour by hour. He was present at the very first demonstrations in early May. He…
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Göksin got interested in photography after journalism studies at the University of Istanbul. His first big reportage was carried out in October 1956 during the Sinai War. After that came…
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Göksin passionately loved women. All women and especially prostitutes. They fascinated him. Everywhere he went, he always took the time to visit the red light districts of the place and…
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I have been a photographer for six years. Since completing my studies in photography, I have begun to understand what this profession really means to me. Working as a photographer…
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